Elizabeth Holmes Phones In Her Defense After Civil Lawyers Quit
- Theranos founder has top-flight lawyers in her criminal case
- ‘Staying out of prison’ is first priority, legal expert says
Elizabeth Holmes at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Oct. 2.
Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg
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Unable to pay her lawyers in an Arizona fraud lawsuit, Elizabeth Holmes is defending herself by … phone.
The former chief executive of Theranos Inc., who lives in California, appears regularly in San Jose federal court with a team of high-caliber lawyers as her criminal case over the blood-testing startup’s implosion moves toward a trial this year.